Cultural Encounter, By Lorna Goodison

Cultural Encounter, By Lorna Goodison

1592 WordsMay 3rd, 20167 Pages

The short story is about Bella, a wedded dark lady, who goes to New York abandoning her country, Jamaica. While there in the States Bella experiences an exceptional change subsequent to being presented toward the Western society. Her sensational modification torments her better half, Joseph, mentally. So throughout this essay I will be discussing how is the concept of cultural encounter treated in the short story, Is the author, Lorna Goodison, aware of the cultural encounter theme? And how does she manifest that awareness in terms of ideas and her selection of words, Are the main characters of the short story aware of the cultural encounter theme? How does the author express their awareness?, What role do “clothes”, as treated in the short story, play in highlighting the theme of cultural encounter, and How is the final encounter between Joe and Ms. Blossom used to highlight the theme of cultural encounter.

In the main part of the short story Bella is being presented as an adoring and minding spouse, guided by the standards and standards of Jamaican society. The beginning of her change is being activated by her first visit to the States. While there Bella secures an occupation and buckles down however in the meantime she is being drenched profound into the Western society. She thinks of her significant other back home, imparting to him how life resembles in the States. The second letter she composes sends some swells of apprehension in Joseph 's spine.…

Where I come from and how I was raised has a lot to do with the cultural values instilled in me today. My parents were from different classes in society, so I have a mix of working class and middle class values. I was raised in a close knit family, my parents worked very hard to make sure their children had the things they needed. Thus, they provided us with some of the things we wanted by stating at times, “sacrifices have to be made to obtain some things you want in life.” I…

Assignment 5
Part1
Option B
Read carefully the following piece of text. What does it tell us about cross cultural encounters?
In 1892 the new vice-consul for the Benin river section Captain Henry Gallwey visited Benin and signed a treaty which made Benin a British protectorate, but as far as the British were concerned the treaty proved disappointing and by 1896 many British traders and officials were calling for military intervention, although the foreign office seemed reluctant to do this…

Assignment 2 – Service Encounters
GSBS 6015
20/03/16
Salam Abbas - C3261695
Lauren Romano - C3246958
Asma Suhail - C3238999
Executive Summary
This report provides a summary and analysis of the current and prospective service issues
faced by Sir Stamford Hotel in Sydney, NSW. The key method of research utilised is the
analysis of written customer feedback on two travel review sites independent of the service
provider; tripadvisor.com and expedia.com. Customer themes of satisfaction…

Culture encounters
“Art simply consists of Different points of view” Cultural Encounters focuses on the study of cultural identities interpreting human social costumes, religious practices and symbolic objects of arts such as, statues, masks and bronze plaques as essential part of the human cultural identity. {1}Ethnography is a method of Anthropology which is “a branch of natural sciences concerned with the study of mankind through a close analysis of human society and through comparison between…

Commentary on Lorna Sage’s Bad Blood
This passage, consisting of three paragraphs, out of Lorna Sage’s Bad
Blood, is presented by an all-knowing first-person narrator. It
revolves around a young girl’s, the narrator’s, school life and
childhood experiences. It follows the evolution of a friendship
between the narrator and her dear friend, or shall we say her “sworn
enemy”(l 11), who is first introduced in the second paragraph,
“Gail…had hair in ringlets, green-hazel…

The cross-cultural encounter between Europe and Africa began as Europe aggressively initiated an era of exploration of Africa south of the great savanna. Europe's curiosity, exploration and greed transformed the history of African people. In the study of the cultural history of Africa, much innovation has been attributed to outside origins and influences. Historians and archaeologists have learned a great deal about the developments that emerged from the European influence in Africa. The age of exploration…

I will be giving a report on my best service experience and any recommendations that could have made my encounter better from one of ten service encounters that I conducted throughout the semester. I will also be including my worst service encounter experience from one of those ten service encounter forms mentioned a moment ago as well as any recommendations that could have made the encounter one of my best.
On May 7, 2004 I had to take my son, Darian, to see an allergy and asthma specialist in…

Reagan Black
HIST 1312 02
Dr. Christopher Richmann
April 10, 2016
Spanish and Aztec Cultural Encounter
On November 8, 1519, Spanish leader, Hernan Cortes landed in modern day Mexico, bringing along six hundred Spaniards and a lot of native allies. The Aztecs, who were natives in Mexico, welcomed Cortez with opened arms because they believed he was one of their gods, Quetzalcoatl. From the beginning, they were willing to share their land and wealth with the Spaniards but they Spaniards did not want…

partial or approximate or slant or pararhyme which supports the theme of deception and dissent articulated by the words, “furtive”(11) and, “Not so!”(12).
3.What is the chief symbol in Lorna Crozier’s poem "Forms of Innocence" (Geddes, 751)? What does the symbol suggest beyond its literal meaning?
The chief symbol in Lorna Crozier’s poem is the black swan. The swan evokes the dark passionate mysterious mystic of wild unpredictable dark feminine energy that holds the quiet potential power of creation.…

Goodison’s Absolute
In For My Mother: May I Inherit Half Her Strength, Goodison publicizes the private issue of her parents’ less-than-perfect marriage, and, in turn, unfolds a powerful dialectic on female self-sacrifice and subjectivity. She wonders at the prolonged strength of her mother- a woman who, regardless of being the victim of an unfaithful marriage, neither confronts nor flees her fate. And at the core of Goodison’s poem is her own conflicted decision, as the female product of this…